EMT Emergency Care 13th Edition - Chapter 1 Flashcards

7011544415	designated agent	an EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care	0
7011544416	Off-line medical direction	consists of standing orders issued by Medical Direcctor that allows EMT s to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to Medical Director or another physician	1
7011544417	On-line medical direction	orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone	2
7011544418	911 system	a system for telephone access to report emergencies	3
7011544419	Medical Direction	oversight of the patient care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director	4
7011544420	Medical Director	a physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system	5
7011544421	Quality Improvement	A process of continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that requires improvement.	6
7011544422	Protocols	list of steps, such as assessment and interventions, to be taken in different situations	7
7011544423	Standing Order	a policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain situations	8
7011544424	Evidence Based	description of medical techniques or practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy rather than merely supposition and tradition	9
7011544425	Patient outcomes	the long-term survival of pateints	10
7011544426	the earliest documented emergency med. service was in:	France, 1790's	11
7011544427	In 1966 the_________ charged the United States __________ with developing the EMS standards and helping the states to upgrade the quality of their pre-hospital emergency care	National Highway Safety Act; Department of Transportation	12
7011544428	3 major components of Nat. Highway Traffic Safety Administration's EMS system assessment standards	transportation, communications, evaluation	13
7011544429	US department of transportation provides for national levels of EMS training in all of the following	(not advanced first aid) advanced EMT, emergency medical responder, paramedic	14
7011544430	The major emphasis of EMT education deals with _________ of the ill or injured patient in the pre-hospital setting	basic assessment and care	15
7011544431	patient care provided by the EMT should be:	based on assessment findings	16
7011544432	an example of ensuring continuity in during the transfer of care of the patient would be:	providing pertinent information to hospital staff	17
7011544433	patient advocacy is	speaking up for your patient	18
7011544434	Good personality traits are very important to the EMT. You should be:	pleasant, cooperative, resourceful, neat/clean, leader, controlled	19
7011544435	AN EMT who is not in control of personal habits might:	contaminate patient's wounds, render improper care, make inappropriate decisions	20
7011544436	to prevent violating patient confidentiality, the EMT should	avoid inappropriate conversation with others	21
7011544437	AN EMT may maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills through continuing educations such as:	attending EMS conferences	22
7011544438	A process of continuous self review of all aspects of an EMS system for the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement is called:	quality improvement	23
7011544439	obtaining feedback from patients and hospital staff is a means of	providing quality improvement	24
7011544440	Every EMS system should have a	Medical DirectorI	25
7011544441	It is important that each EMT know his or her Med. Director. AN EMT is operating as the Medical Director's	designated agent	26
7011544442	difference between on=line and off-line medical direction is that	on line orders are given by the on-duty physician, usually over radio/phone	27
7011544443	an example of medication carried by EMTs that may require a physician consultation to administer is:	Aspirin	28
7011544444	AS a new EMT, you will witness many changes in the EMS system and patient care, moving from practices that have been based on _______ to those based on ______	tradition; research	29
7011544445	THe EMT has many jobs to do . It is resp. of EMT to treat patients	in a nonjudgmental and fair manner	30
7011544446	categories/standards of an EMS system established by the National HIghway Traffic Safety Administration	regulation and policy, resource management, human resources and training, trauma systems, public information and education, communications, transportation, facilities, evaluation, med. direction	31
7011544447	6 types specialty hospitals are:	trauma centers, burns c., cardiac c., poison control c., stroke centers, pediatric centers	32
7011544448	4 levels EMS certification:	emergency medical responder, EMT, Advanced EMT, PAramedic	33
7011544449	Specific areas of responsibility for EMT:	personal safety, safety of crew, patient, & bystanders, patient assessment, lifting and moving, transport, transfer of care, patient advocacy	34